Improvement in the manufacture of hats



UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE] A. BANCKER ANl) o; F. AtvoED, oE- NEWYORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE'OF HATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 6,0I0, dated January 9, 1849.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be-it known that we, ADRIAN BANOKER and CHARLES F. ALV'oRD', both of the city of New York, hat-manufacturers, have discovered or invented a new and useful Improvement in the Manufacture of Hats, for which we seek Letters Patent of the United States; and that to make the differences plain between our discovery or invention andthe means commonly used I it is proper to state that it is now the usual practice to stifl'en the body with shellac, after it is dry to iron it on the block,'and then coat it with a size of glue, after which two coats of seed-lac varnish are applied. When dry the plush or other coveringis put on a-ndthe hat finished. The'inconvenieuces of the above articles so applied are these: First, to make the hat keep its shape the body must be made very stout and stifl', which is very uncomfortable to the head; second, after the wear of the hat a short time by a person that perspires freely the perspiration from the head will run through the hat and appear on the brim and crown,

the body.

anyusual manner, first to st-ifi'en the body, then, when dry and ironed, apply one or more coats, as may be required, of the same material in solution, and when dry finish the hatinthe usual manner with any description of plush or other covering for use. The hat thus made will be soft and pleasant to the head "and retain its original firmness. f

When wet it will be as firm as when dry, and

it will be perfectlyimpervious to perspiration.- It is proper here to state that the gutta-percha varnish is the only varnish that has ever been usedfor the purpose of sticking the plush to the body without the glue or size'with any we cess,-and has so efl'ective an adhesion that the r plush will always retain its connection with lhisalso makes a hat much lighter with the same substance than can be made with any material or materials now in use. I

- We claimv 3 The application of a solution of gutta-percha to-the purposes of stiflening hat-bodies and uniting the plush or other cover to the bodyas a substitute for shellac, glue-size. and seedlac, or other, articles hitherto used-for such purposes, as described;v

In witness whereof we have hereuntosigned 'our names, in the city of New York, this 12th dayof December, 1848.

- ADRIAN BANOKER.

O. F. ALVORD.

I Witnesses:

W. SERRELL, L MUE W. SERRELL. 

